Get first pick of unique Halloween costumes plus vintage and designer clothing, jewelry, shoes, bags and accessories at incredibly reasonable prices the night before the store will open to the public on Oct. 1.

A $10 donation includes raffles tickets and a chance to win a mystery prize. Regular admission is $5 at the door.

Refreshments and finger food included with admission, plus a live performance by local singer-songwriter Josh Fischel.

“Playboy Club” actor Sean Maher plays a gay character on the NBC show, but in real life the actor says he’s been in the closet his entire 14-year career, which has been “miserable” and “exhausting,” Entertainment Weekly reports.

Maher, 36, came out this week in an interview with the magazine.

“It’s so liberating,” Maher tells EW. “It was interesting to be coming to have a conversation that I was always afraid to have… This is my coming out ball. I’ve been dying to do this.”

Maher says that he had felt pressure to stay in the closet from publicists who assumed he was straight when he landed the lead role in Fox’s short-lived police drama, “Ryan Caulfield: Year One,” in 1997. He decided not to correct them and made the choice to keep his secret to himself and a few close friends.

Maher also stared in the Joss Whedon series, “Firefly,” and the movie “Serenity.”

Patti Stanger, loud mouth host of Bravo’s “reality show” “Millionaire Matchmaker,” issued a lame apology Tuesday after putting her foot in her mouth with a series of offensive statements about gay men and monogamy, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Stanger, 50, made the insulting comments Sunday on the live season premiere of Bravo’s late-night talk show “Watch What Happens: Live.”

Stanger’s uncouth behavior on the chat show proves her lack of class and shallow understanding of the LGBT community.

The Press-Telegram’s Tracy Manzer reported Thursday that the Long Beach Police Department reached a milestone in its 103-year history. It promoted its first female and gay or lesbian officer to the rank of deputy chief of police.

Cmdr. Laura Farinella officially became deputy chief at a swearing in ceremony held Thursday in the Long Beach City Council Chambers.

Farinella had been chief of staff to Police Chief Jim McDonell.

Farinella’s wife of 21 years, LBPD Child Abuse Detective Dawn Collinske, and their two children, Emily, 13, and Charlie, 7, also attended the ceremony, Manzer reported.

(Photo: Long Beach Police Cmdr Laura Farinella walks to accept her new title, Deputy Chief Farinella. She is the first woman to achieve the rank and the first openly gay or lesbian officer to achieve the rank. (Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer)